A man on probation for bank robbery has been arrested in connection with two new robberies in Manhattan Beach and Cerritos, authorities said Wednesday.

Gregory Lynn Cross, 57, who was taken into custody Tuesday at his estranged wife's house in Long Beach, is charged with robberies at the Citibank branch at Manhattan Village in Manhattan Beach and a Comerica Bank branch on South Street in Cerritos, Manhattan Beach police Detective Michael Rosenberger said.

Cross allegedly walked into the Manhattan Beach bank at 1:30 pm. Friday and passed a note demanding cash to a teller, Rosenberger said.

FBI agents recognized his description as someone sought in a July 16 bank robbery in Cerritos in which a man escaped with $1,544. In that crime, the robber passed a note to the teller that said, "This is a robbery. Give me the cash now," according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. Cross allegedly told the teller, "No dye packs," referring to money rigged with dye that explodes as the robber escapes.

Rosenberger said Manhattan Beach police and FBI agents checked locations for Cross in Compton and Long Beach, and found him. He was charged with bank robbery.

Cross, who previously served six years for bank robbery in federal prison and has been free for less than two years, went calmly, telling police he needed the money to fuel his drug habit and looked forward to receiving drug rehabilitation treatment behind bars, Rosenberger said.